The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-31

cloak, little cap Of rich lace and pile of lawn
and flannel baby pettieoats The incongruity OF
this outfit with the squalid room struck her as
forcbiy as the pale flower of child IN the court
yard below.
shes shure to be home by foive, num-" said
the sister, aud the lady agreed to return at that
hour.
Going out. she asked the child d-nurse in the
yard who the baby that she carried.
Its me little brother-fwat are you giving
meE returned the hoodum and the lady fed,
frightened at the impudent remarks of the gang.
Nevertheless 1T she ventured to return, as she
went up stairs she overlook much dressed and
very much flushed young woman bearing the
blonde baby on her hip The poor things race
was Bmeared with dirt. and its little hands bore
evidence 1t had been creeping on the green and
reeklng bricks of the courtyard. Into the
COOKS sisters room bounced the girl, and, while
the Lady talked TO the prospective servant the
child was hastily cleaned and put into the rich
Clothes that still covered the bed. In the shadow
OF the inner apartment, this operation was per
formed, while scraps of conversation about the
presence of Tim Kelly and Andy McGee at
Joness woods informed the lady that The nurse
girl mad been TO picnic. My friend hurrled
away, and. getting into her coupe, bade the
driver never lose sight of girl and baby
when they should come out In few minutes
the chase began, avenue to Twenty third
street, behind a cross-town car to Madison
nue. IN the rear of stage, till the girl climbed
out at Thirty seventh street and ran along
couple of blocks 70 stately mansion and disap-
peared into the basement The excited lady
went up the steps, and when her summons was
answered by portly buttler. she asked to see
the mistress at once. The wife and mother soon
heard the story. It was fine situation when
that nurse girl was called up and asked about
her afternoon. She had been in Central Park
all the time-let her tell it-had had the baby
In the donkey carts, and watching the soups,
and then rode down in the Broadway No
words could express the thanks bestowed on the
informer. But for the discovery they
ing to take the faithless creature to Europe.
Time and time again, when this delicate child
cod ha4
it had stripped of it's fine clothes in order TO
keep them fresh, dressed in dirty thin rags in
stead of warm fannels, and left to contract dis
ease in the fetid courtyard of sickening tene-
ment building.
An old gentlemen said that it was strange how
women escaped being bald headed. while a large
portion of men hadn't hair between them and
the sky after the clock of time struck fifty.
have made har-standing discovery There are
as many bald women as men. The only known
remedy for bald man is wig, and the best
ever constructed is a glaring fraud when you get
back Of the ears, or close to the forehead. The
only substitute for your own dear lost hair, that
stick your friends. and almost persuade
yourself is the toupee, wtirn is gummed to the
bald pate and brushed in with such fringe as
kind Providence has left. These arrangements
must always rest on a mans mind like an undis-
covered murder. Then most always there is
narrowing apprehension that the sticky stuff
will relax its grip the scalp that the lining
of your hat will adhere to that treacherous little
mat, and some little act of gallantry Will go for
you bald-headed.
One night in a theater a gentleman, with nice
dark curs clustered his temples and gently
touching his shirt dollar taken with
sneeze as he looked at pretty girl sitting in
draneht.
.'Who-is-s sheet" sneezed the man in an interrog-
atlve way.
As he did so, little, dark wave of hair lifted,
and, as he threw his head back, the toupee. SO
carefully plastered, sailed through the air and
fell on a lady's lap. On the mans head a
bare, round spot as big teacup and the little
gobs of shoemaker's wax that had lately held the
levanting toupee in among his true hairs The
lady (who shall tell what bond of sympathy
lay under her hat brml tenderiy raised the de-
serter on fan and thrust it over her shoulder.
Not all the serpentir.o locks tlefea. Sc My1a -
sa ever curded the beholders bo.yd as that little
piece of wig did the poor mans when he looked
on the fan and saw what he supposed was on his
head He pocketed 1t and fled, an utterly
wretched, heartbroken creature.
But | started in to tell of my disc overy.
Emma and wanted to make gold dog out of
the little black spaniel We went hunting
through some funny places in Sixth avenue for
bleaching fluid. We found pair of rooms on
a second floor given over to the sale of what
was called the defiance front" The woman in
attendance said they defed detection, and were
called, but En- thought they made you look
war-lke. and acted like chip on the shoulder
invitation to fight | represented that had
bald aunt in the country, and made myself
pleasant that the woman laughed and let US
into the secret of the trade at once.
'How I'd like to be assistant here little
while" said /.
''You may if you like" the reply; my
girl is off picnicking somewhere. ia like
little help this afternoon"
EN- and l took off hats and pinned big
blue-checked aprons on over our good dresses.
In came lady known in New York society,
whose personal appearance has bean noticeable
many years on account of her lovely snow white
hair. The woman took her behind the curtain
and grabbed a handful of hair pins. and followed
right in She removed a heliotro PEI colored mass
of lace and flowers that went into that lovely
hair beautifully She unlocked a mysterious
rubber cord. She took out invisible hair pins,
and oh! Moses and the bullrushes in which YOU
were found, there was transformation scene
from her nose to the bump of revelation away off
on the back of her head She was unbroken
coast of scalp Not hair dashed up to show
where once the locks rolled in. l believe |
showed the astonshment felt, for the wig
maker said: you amt well, Mary Ann; l guess
these hot days is too much for YOU" So I went
out to En- and got a little air.
The next customer raw boned creature
with tremendous solitaires for earrings, and a
profuson of cured black hair filling the from. of
her peek a boo hat. En- stood up to wait on
her
..Let me see the defiance front" said She
EN- began to look for hand glass, when
grabbed box of what the woman indicated. l
picked out lovely snarl of auburn tinge.
"That's not match for my hair" said the
customer
mo" replied I, blandly; sbut it would suit
your fair skin we'll that you might touch up
your own hair with our great aprifer Gus aurora
fluid till it did match"
The lady smrked, and said. Dear me" and
"Dreadful suz." and finally, I'm a good mind to
try that front on"
seized her parasol and FAM whsked her be-
hind the curtain, and said. LAY off your hat"
and began to comb up the auburn piece. too
for anything. We took off the jet
EN- bankment of hat unloosed the br
works OF hair. Great Scott another cleaning
scalp lay beneath. with just few lonesome
hairs crossing it like railway tracks laid down
through an arid desert of sand.
Your hair is pretty thin top" said I de-
string to flatter her,
Yes" said she: II wear these false pieces
through the summer to rest my parting"
You're i'll again. Mary Ann" said the pro-
prietoress, coming in. ''pll tend to this lady"
And she sold to her the auburn front. gave
the i65 hairs that belonged to the costume their